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Social protection for climate-disasters: A case study of the program Keluarga Harapan cash transfer program for smallholder farm household in Indonesia

Progress in Disaster Science, 2023
Households living in poverty have a double burden when the adverse impact of natural disasters disrupts their livelihoods. Additionally, households relying on climate-sensitive sectors, such as agriculture and natural resources, have fewer resources to ...
Irene Sondang Fitrinitia, Mihoko Matsuyuki   +1 more
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Systematic braiding of Smoke-Free Home SafeCare to address child maltreatment risk and secondhand smoke exposure: findings from a pilot study

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2023
Background Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) and child maltreatment are preventable threats to child health. Few evidence-based interventions target both SHS and child maltreatment risk.
Shannon Self-Brown, Elizabeth W. Perry, Manderley Recinos, Michaela A. Cotner, Kate Guastaferro, Shadé Owolabi, Claire A. Spears, Daniel J. Whitaker, Jidong Huang, Michelle C. Kegler   +9 more
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Application of Torrefaction for Improved Fuel Properties of Sunflower Husks

Energies
Sunflower husk (SFH) contributes 45–60% of the total sunflower seed weight and is a by-product of the sunflower oil industry. Among other elements, SFH ash contains K, Na, Ca and Mg. These elements cause rapid growth of ash deposits on convective heating
Oleg Milovanov, Dmitry Klimov, Sergey Kuzmin, Sergey Grigoriev, Alexander Mikhalev, Rafail Isemin, Mathieu Brulé   +6 more
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Management practices in community-based HIV prevention organizations in Nigeria

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Nigeria has one of the largest Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemics in the world. Addressing the epidemic of HIV in such a high-burden country has necessitated responses of a multidimensional nature.
David Akeju, Nerissa Nance, Andrea Salas-Ortiz, Ayoola Fakunmoju, Idoteyin Ezirim, Adejumoke G. Oluwayinka, Omoregie Godpower, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo   +7 more
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Smoke-free home initiative in Bantul, Indonesia: Development and preliminary evaluation

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019
Introduction Tobacco control policies in Indonesia are still limited. This study aims to describe the process of the implementation of the smokefree home (SFH) program in rural areas in Indonesia and to conduct a preliminary evaluation of its ...
Heni Trisnowati, Dian Kusuma, Abdillah Ahsan, Dwi E. Kurniasih, Retna S. Padmawati   +4 more
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Insoluble fibre and enzyme supplementation in mash or pellets diets on growth performance, apparent ileal digestibility and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens fed barley containing diets

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Background Enzyme supplementation and the inclusion of fibre in the barley‐based diets have been some of the alternatives proposed to improve productivity in the absence of growth promoters. Objective This study was performed to investigate the effect of
Zeinab Pourazadi, Somayyeh Salari, Mohammad Reza Tabandeh, Mohammad Reza Abdollahi   +3 more
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Symphysis-fundal height measurements in predicting fetal macrosomia

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2000
The predictive value of symphysio-funtfai height(SFH) measurements in fetal macrosomia was evaluated in a prospective cross-sectional study of 378 consecutive parturients at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Eastern Nigeria over a three
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The role of management on costs and efficiency in HIV prevention interventions for female sex workers in Nigeria: a cluster-randomized control trial

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018
Background While the world has made much global progress toward the reduction of new HIV infections, HIV continues to be an important public health problem.
S. Bautista-Arredondo, N. Nance, A. Salas-Ortiz, D. Akeju, A. G. Oluwayinka, I. Ezirim, J. Anenih, C. Chima, O. Amanze, G. Omoregie, K. Ogungbemi, S. H. Aliyu   +11 more
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Unpacking the Selective Fossilization Hypothesis: Questions, Insights, and Possibilities

Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015
A defining characteristic of second language learning, fossilization has been referred to as one the most enduring and fascinating problems confronting researchers of second language acquisition (SLA) (Han, 2004a).
Rosette Bambino Finneran, Adrienne Wai Man Lew   +1 more
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Dietary sunflower hulls and protein levels affect performance, gut health, and litter quality in broiler chickens

Veterinary and Animal Science
This study evaluated the effects of different dietary levels of sunflower hulls (SFH) as an insoluble fiber source on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology, cecal microbial populations, litter quality, and digesta transit time
N. Beigzadeh, S. Salari, F. Zaefarian, Sh. Hosseinifar   +3 more
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